Word: bolster
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first suggestion of Professor Davis: that inspirational teachers are a prime requisite in the conservation of the college more nearly approximates the truth. For no matter how much an undergraduate may thirst for knowledge in September, after some months he requires additional stimuli than his books can supply to bolster up his human frailty. These must be supplied by those who teach. Indeed, the college like the individual must seek its strength within itself...
...other veterans on the squad will bolster both the backfield and the line. Anderson, left halfback, will bear the brunt of the kicking burden, and his work in practice indicates that he will be able to hold his own with the Crimson kickers. Reuther, though not slated to start, may see action should the Engineers succeed in working the ball within kicking distance of the Harvard goal...
Brenda was going to have another child. She could no longer bolster Mattocks with her spiritual strength. He must shift for himself. He did: shifted to town, curled up in despair and died. Brenda and her husband go out of the story drawn closer than ever through having had to examine their philosophies?Tristram's easy-going "all's-well-with-the-world," Brenda's aloof "live-and-let-live". In village and vicarage, where intolerant stupidity sprouts as prickly and impenetrable as a monkey-puzzle (cactus) tree, the blow-flies scavenge as of yore...
...annual meeting of the Pierian Sodality Alumni since its organization on March 9, will be held on June 18, in the Music Building, at which time the election of officers for the season of 1925-26 will take place. The Nominating Committee has presented the following: President, C. S. Bolster '15; Secretary, R. A. Lutz '23; Treasurer, F. F. Collier '99; Council, F. R. Hall '72, A. R. MacKusick '99, G. R. Ford '01, P. H. Shinn '01; Honorary Vice-Presidents, E. S. Dodge '73, F. E. Cabot '80. Courtenay Guild '86, W. R. Spalding '87, James Loeb '88, Nicholas...
Andover, the winner over Exeter in last year's meet, has suffered two defeats this season at the hands of the Harvard 1928 and Yale 1928 teams. Exeter has the confidence gained from two victories to bolster up a team depleted by concessions to the needs of baseball and by the ineligibility of two stars who are over...